Getting Start Install WSL

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Starting with the Nios® II EDS in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 19.2 and Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software version 19.1, the Cygwin component in the Windows* version of Nios II EDS has been removed and replaced with Windows Subsystem for Linux(WSL)

Contents

Install Setps

  1. Open PowerShell as Administrator
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  2. Run : Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
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  3. Restart your computer when prompted.
  4. Install the Linux Distribution on your Windows 10, Please install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for WSL from the flowing link: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    Note: Windows* 10 build version 16215.0 or higher is the recommended operating system version.
  5. From the distro's page, select "Get"
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  6. Now that your Linux distro is installed, you must initialize your new distro instance once, before it can be used. You will be prompted to create a new user account (and its password).
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  7. Most distros ship with an empty/minimal package catalog. We strongly recommend regularly updating your package catalog, and upgrading your installed packages using your distro's preferred package manager. On Debian/Ubuntu, you use apt:
    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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  8. Install additional distro packages required for Nios® II EDS using the following command:
    sudo apt install wsl
    sudo apt install dos2unix
    sudo apt install make
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  9. Once the installation is complete, the WSL is installed.

Reference

Issues

WSL2

If users install to WSL2 version, they may encounter the following problems:

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To check the version of WSL installed, users can enter in the Command Prompt window:

wsl -l -v

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If the version of WSL is 2, you can enter the following command in the Command Prompt window to change the WSL version to 1.

wsl --set-version Ubuntu-18.04 1

deme_batch execute error

  • Problem description:
    When executing deme_batch, the following error occurred

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  • Solution:

1. Modify the nios2-download file:

i: The location of the nios2-download file is in <Quartus installation location>\Quartus version\nios2eds\bin\. For example: c:\intelFPGA_pro\20.2\nios2eds\bin\

ii: Find the content $(adjust_path_mixed $srecfile) in the nios2-download file, and add touch $srecfile in the previous line.

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